Obamacare Starts Next Year, Opposed by Over Half of Americans

Major segments of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - known colloquially as "Obamacare" - are set to go into effect by January 1, 2014. Programs such as health insurance exchanges; insurer prohibitions against pre-existing medical condition discrimination and annual spending caps; and an expansion of medicaid eligibility are all scheduled to roll out.

Over half of Americans, however, seem wary of the changes coming to the country's healthcare system.

A new poll conducted by CNN and ORC International earlier this month found that 54% of Americans generally oppose Obamacare. 35% of survey respondents opposed the legislation for being "too liberal," while 16% opposed it for being "not liberal enough."

The survey polled 923 adult Americans by telephone. Of those polled, 648 were interviewed through a landline telephone, and 275 were reached through a cell phone. 24% of respondents described themselves as Republicans, 33% described themselves as Democrats, and 43% described themselves as either independent or a member of another party.